When you know something isn't right ?

[Littlecook]

You know you owen body ,so when something not right and you don’t trust the hospital or doctors what ever very say who do you turn to for help .I've had my chesty cough for 8 weeks and don't believe it's acid reflux, I know the symptoms of acid reflux has I had surgery for it , I can't use my cpep machine because of my coughing. I'm so peed off .

[RedTeddy]

Has your GP sent you for a chest x-ray? This should be the first thing they do if you've had a continuous cough.

My partner was in the same situation but was coughing for a much longer period. The GP according to protocols sent him for an x-ray, which came back clear. They then washed their hands of him and said it was 'probably' his asthma causing the coughing.

We knew something wasn't right so paid to see a private consultant, they suspected a number of things (which it wasn't) we had to fight to get any further tests with the GP. My partner was referred to an NHS consultant as the GP wouldn't follow any recommendations by the private consultant. Eventually after further tests his sputum sample showed microbacterium in his lungs (TB).

He is now on a long course (12 to 18 months) of 8 antibiotics a day to try and clear the infection.

If you have not been sent for a chest x-ray insist that your doctor sends you for one as you have a continuous cough and go from there. Keep pushing your GP, you have to advocate for yourself these days.

All the best to you, I hope you get to the bottom of it 🙂

[Mamamichl]

I presume you tried mucinex for one of those weeks at least. Probably just thick mucous. Does it feel like something’s caught in your throat? Ask for an ultrasound (hopefully not cancer lump). My uncle had a fold in his esophagus that pills got stuck in, unbeknownst to him. I also was getting tickle throat and realized I wasn’t rinsing my night guard enough (soap on the throat).

[Dolphin14]

Littlecook

I do have a coworker that's coughs all the time and it is reflux.

Doubt that is helpful right now as you are searching for a diagnosis

Second opinion, maybe?

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[Littlecook]

Thank you ,that's what the hospital said but I'm already on medication for reflux have been for years ,I even had z stomach rap to stop it .

[SayNOtoPanic]

sorry you’re dealing with this. Nothing more frustrating than physical symptoms that are all clear no problem and they’re still there. See if you can get an ENT referral and ask for the camera scope to check on the reflux status and see if it is indeed that or anything else. Lifting you in prayer. 🙏🏻

[Littlecook]

I'm on the waiting list for the camera bug won't be for some months yet .

[SayNOtoPanic in reply to Littlecook]

Oh man, that is a bummer. But you’re on the list that is a plus!! Why does all that stuff take so long in general? I always wonder myself.